Borcher's drake

Materials

  • Hook: 14 dry fly
  • Thread: black 6/0
  • Tail: 3 moose mane fibers tied long
  • Body: turkey tail fibers
  • Wing: grey hen hackle tips
  • Hackle: brown and grizzly mixed

Instructions

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Notes

Target species:
Water type: In the book I recommended a few days ago the author had success with this traditional Michigan pattern in Montanna in the early summer. It’s always worked well for me in Michigan.
Season:

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Also very effective in Wyoming … East and West sides of the state.

I bet it would work in South Dakota too, if anyone ever found any trout there.

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Yah … too bad about that, ech??